What is it, one more time?

This item was known by two different names. Most of you will immediately know one of them. Who can get the second?

Monkeywrench?

A 1950's adjustable spanner,
Sean

FORD wrench or Monkey wrench either one is correct

I had one many years ago. When the wife and I go to a museum, most of the stuff in there is what we used as kids.

Rusty wins. It was called a Ford wrench because you could do just about anything needed to a Model "T" Ford with this, including changing wheel bearings.

Sean, I guess I should have stipulated USA terms. While working on an old tractor many years ago, maybe mid 1960's, I asked my friend to hand me the "adjustable spanner". I got that look from him

I had recently seen some Brit movie where that term was used, and thought I'd try it out. My friend said he was not working with me any more and left.

Some people have no sense of humor.

Concerning the origin of its name, this story has been repeated in several publications in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries:

That handy tool, the "monkey-wrench", is not so named because it is a handy thing to monkey with, or for any kindred reason. "Monkey" is not its name at all, but "Moncky." Charles Moncky, the inventor of it, sold his patent for $2000, and invested the money in a house in Williamsburg, Kings County, where he now lives.[1][2]

However, this story has been refuted by historians, and there is evidence that screw-adjustable wrenches and even the term monkey wrench were used long before, at least from about 1840.[3] Modern consensus among experts is that the tool was invented in Springfield, MA. and subsequently produced by the now defunct Bemis & Call Company at 143 Main Street in the South End of Springfield.

I like the Charles Moncky story, so I'm using that one.

Definition of "expert" - ex = has been, spurt = drip under pressure.